The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
259 
mi 
Saving 5,000 Miles 
by “Truing Up” Wheels 
LARGE multi-cylinder car 
recently came to a Goodyear 
Service Station in Chicago with 
the treads on two Goodyear Cord 
Tires showing evidence of recent 
rapid wear. The tires had run 
8.500 miles, hut in the last few 
days the treads had been wear¬ 
ing down alarmingly. It was 
found that a recent accident had 
twisted the front wheels serious¬ 
ly, so that they were out of line. 
The grinding action due to this 
misalignment was cutting down 
the treads so rapidly that in a 
few days more the tires would 
have been out of commission. 
The wheels were re-aligned. The 
tires ran a total of more than 
13.500 miles. 5,000 miles of tire 
wear were saved in this case by 
“truing up 99 the wheels in time. 
Have your Goodyear Service Sta¬ 
tion Dealer test your car today 
for wheel alignment. 
NE car in three has wheels out 
of line that rob their tires of 
thousands of miles. 
Not even the Goodyear All-Weather 
Tread can long resist the grinding 
wear that such wheels inflict on tires. 
They grind down a tread precisely 
as if it were held squarely against a 
revolving grindstone. 
Misalignment is most common on the 
right front wheel, because it is most 
frequently run into ruts and gutters 
and against curbings. 
On others a rim improperly applied, 
a bent steering knuckle, a worn bear¬ 
ing, or a warped axle may cause a 
like condition. 
A misalignment of only three-quar¬ 
ters of an inch is enough to reduce 
by 5,000 miles or more the life of the 
best tires. 
Only the most careful measurements 
can detect the condition. 
Ask your Goodyear Service Station 
to inspect your car today. 
Ask also for Lesson 1 of the Good¬ 
year Conservation Course, dealing 
with the detection and correction of 
wheels out of line, so that you or 
your chauffeur can in future make in¬ 
spections when you delay too long 
your calls at your Service Station. 
The Goodyear Tire £&> Rubber Company 
Akron, Ohio 
K R O N 
Notice the misalign¬ 
ment of the Right 
Front Wheel 
Ask your Goodyear Service Station , or us, for Lesson 1 
of the Goodyear Tire Conservation Course, explain¬ 
ing the effects and detection of misaligned nvhee/s. 
The Worn Tread on a 
Tire from a Wheel 3^ 
of an inch Out of Line 
